Ringling Fine Arts Senior Receives National Award

June 10, 2009 - Reva Castillenti, senior Fine Arts major, received an honorable mention for the 2009 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award. She was chosen out of 441 students from over 176 colleges and university sculpture programs in North America and abroad that were nominated for these awards.

Reva’s work will be featured in the 2009 October issue of Sculpture magazine, as well as the Grounds for Sculpture's Fall/Winter Exhibition catalogue. Reva will also receive a one year complimentary membership to the International Sculpture Center (ISC), which includes 10 issues of Sculpture magazine.

The jury, paneled by Jeanne Jaffe, Willie Cole and David McFadden, went through over 1,300 images of sculptural works to make its selections. Reva was a student of Ringling Fine Arts faculty Wendy Wischer. Congratulations Reva!